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Definitely not our last trip to Melbourne
Maria and I had a great four-day weekend in Melbourne... We both loved the city! Melbourne has a very European feel to it, and that went down very well with me!
While I love being in Australia, I've been a bit blue from time to time, missing my family and Norway! Melbourne certainly lifted my spirits! In fact, I haven't felt that close to "my European roots" since last time I was back in Norway, two years ago!!!
Like I mentioned, we spent four days in Melbourne... But we didn't get to see much! That is... There is so much to see just within the city centre, that we never ventured outside during our stay there...
Our first day was spent walking around Melbourne, waiting for our hotel room to clear up... Maria didn't like this very much! Soon, she hated Melbourne and just wanted to go back to Brisbane! But a nice Chinese ice tea and a bit of a rest lifted her spirits, and soon she loved it just as much as I did!
The second day was spent in Melbourne Aquarium. We had a look at the world's largest squid brought on-shore and lots of fish, shark and other sea creatures.
We also managed to track down Chinatown and a great little Japanese restaurant called Meiji Japanese Cafe. We ate at Meiji three times during our stay! It's cheap, the food is great and the staff is very friendly... Highly recommended!
Our third day in Melbourne was also our anniversary. We went to Mass at St Patrick Cathedral - a giganormous church just outside the central business district. We managed to get a blessing on our anniversary from the Archbishop too, which was very nice!
After mass, we met up with Anne and Daniel! They are friends of ours from Brisbane, but Anne was moving to Melbourne that weekend, so we got the chance to meet up. We had lunch in a restaurant in Lygon Street - Melbourne's Italian quarter.
In the evening, Maria and I went to anniversary dinner back at Meiji. Lots of good food!!!
The last day was again spent walking aimlessly around Melbourne, taking in the sights and sounds!
Melbourne is possibly the nicest city I've ever visited... The atmosphere is great ther, and it just felt like home to me! Hopefully, we'll get a chance to live there some day! :o)
Although, it doesn't really matter where I live as long as I'm with my incredibly beautiful, charming, smart, bouncy, loving, cute, gorgeous, lovable little wife!
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Posted by Marius Berg Askildsen
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